September 28, 2021 - Smlr_net

28 Sep 2021


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
management*
*September 28, 2021*
*Title:*                    N.J. to Offer $500 ‘Return-to-Work’ Bonuses, Up
to $10K for Businesses to Train New Hires
*Source:*               NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
*Author:*               Matt Arco
*Date:*                   September 27, 2021
*Summary:*          As businesses continue to struggle with labor shortages
throughout the country and state, New Jersey will offer $500 return-to-work
bonuses for unemployed residents in their first paycheck after hiring and
employers will be eligible for up to $10,000 in wage subsidies to hire and
train new workers, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3kL3mre
*Title:*                    Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric
Vehicle Push
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Neal E. Boudette
*Date:*                   September 27, 2021
*Summary:          *The automaker and a supplier will spend $11.4 billion
on three battery factories and a truck plant, creating 11,000 jobs.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3ugwxFU
*Title:*                   California Workers With Disabilities Were Paid
as Little as $2 an Hour. Why That Will Change.
*Source:*               The Sacramento Bee
*Author:               *Jeong Park
*Date:*                   September 27, 2021
*Summary:*          Workers with disabilities in California must be paid at
least the state’s minimum wage by 2025, under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin
Newsom Monday. Senate Bill 639, by Sen. María Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles,
ends a practice known as 14(c) or sheltered workshops, in which workers
with disabilities were paid as little as $2 an hour. The state will join
ten other states including Alaska, Oregon and Texas in phasing out the
practice.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3oat1fb
*Title:*                    Kaiser Workers to Vote on Strike Authorization
in Southern California
*Source:*               The Orange County Register
*Author:*               Kevin Smith
*Date:*                   September 27, 2021
*Summary:*          A union of 24,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other
workers who say they’re understaffed and facing a revamped pay system that
would fuel more shortages announced their bargaining team will vote next
month to authorize a strike if needed.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3AP6xnu
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